Archive - Daniel’s Musings

New

Top

Poverty, Alcohol Theft, Wealth, Who Cares?

Poverty & Wealth Sometimes seemingly disparate events bring the same thing to mind. Is that the Universe trying to bring something to one’s attention or…

Sep 10, 2021 •

May 2021

Sunsets at the Speed of Light

Wordlessly Watching He Waits by the Window and Wonders I was in a meeting the other day with a friend who manages my school’s student literary…

May 24, 2021 •

January 2021

Home by another road

Home By Another Road. “Later they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and they went back home by another road.” Matthew 2:12 What does it…

Jan 12, 2021 •

May 2020

It's been about a month.

I miss the in-between. The Thursday bus driver who always arrives three minutes too early. The familiar faces of strangers all crammed into a box on…

May 12, 2020 •

April 2020

Phoenix Here in a few months, once we’re on the other side of the CoV-19 curve, I think resilience will be a buzzword. In some circles it already is. I…

Apr 5, 2020 •

In Place — Wrote this last week, but apparently didn’t send it out. — Social distancing is the new norm. In Seattle you find lines outside the grocery…

Apr 1, 2020 •

March 2020

Ineffable Last week one of my professors asked the question, "in the aftermath of trauma, why so much poetry?" Trauma defies language. It is the…

Mar 18, 2020 •

Shame is a lonley island.

Shame & Desire Last week I made the claim that to solve our shame, we need to address desire. I don’t really want to write about that right now. Yes, I…

Mar 6, 2020 •

February 2020

You are stardust. And to stardust you will return. “If you can go 40 days without it, you probably don’t have a problem with it.” I heard a pastor say…

Feb 26, 2020 •

How to create a narcissist

Raising narcissists In my Spirit & Trauma class I’m a part of a reading group that is focused on the influence of theology on parenting styles and the…

Feb 21, 2020 •

Selfish selflessness continued.

Selfless suffering as codependency: “Here, let you help me...” Last week I wrote in part about “selfish selflessness” and how it’s linked to our shame…

Feb 13, 2020 •

Masochism, Resilience, Selflessness

Pain, pleasure, suffering, selflessness What is the difference between resilience and masochism? Both concepts swim in the waters of suffering, but are…

Feb 8, 2020 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts